LeanSigma® Product Development
Unprecedented new efficiencies, lightning-fast to market
Impact of LeanSigma® Product Development
On Lead Time
“The learning has been critical to the dramatic new product innovation and production efficiency we are now consistently achieving.”
Barb King, President,
Landscape Structures, Inc.
On Development Costs
- Eliminates typical cash and resource drains in the design phase, such as “pretend” designs and ideas driven by incorrect perception of customer needs
On Product Delivery
- Fewer, earlier design changes (late changes mean late delivery)
On Product Quality
- Concepts and functionality on target with voice of customer
- Tolerances within process capability, robustness, with fewer parts
- Production preparation: process control, mistake-proof fixtures
On Final Product Cost
- Cost of design, material, overhead, labor and field support all lower
On Production Flexibility
- Volume can be easily “stepped up” as
sales build
